Six Johns Hopkins Researchers Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - 11/25/14
Six Johns Hopkins University researchers have been elected by their peers as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 25, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Health Care Pros Confirm It: Coordinating Care of Older Adults Moving Across Treatment Remains a Problem with No Easy Answers - 11/25/14
In what is believed to be the first interview-style qualitative study of its kind among health care providers in the trenches, a team led by a Johns Hopkins geriatrician has further documented barriers to better care of older adults as they are transferred from hospital to rehabilitation center to home, and too often back again. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 25, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Five Johns Hopkins Researchers Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - 11/25/14
Five Johns Hopkins University researchers have been elected by their peers as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 25, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Researchers Tease Out Glitches in Immune System's Self-Recognition - 11/21/14
Immunity is a thankless job. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 21, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Study: Obesity Fuels Silent Heart Damage - 11/20/14
Using an ultrasensitive blood test to detect the presence of a protein that heralds heart muscle injury, researchers from Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have found that obese people without overt heart disease experience silent cardiac damage that fuels their risk for heart failure down the road. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 20, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Out of India - 11/20/14
Working at the edge of a coal mine in India, a team of Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues have filled in a major gap in science’s understanding of the evolution of a group of animals that includes horses and rhinos. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 20, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Johns Hopkins News Tips from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, November 15-19, Chicago - 11/19/14
Results of a 10-year multicenter study of more than 3,900 middle-aged and older adults add new, stronger evidence that lack of calcium deposits in the arteries portends a very low risk of heart attack and stroke over the long term — a finding that could play a prominent role in treatment decisions for patients with borderline risk profiles. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 19, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Scientists Map Mouse Genome's 'Mission Control Centers' - 11/19/14
When the mouse and human genomes were catalogued more than 10 years ago, an international team of researchers set out to understand and compare the “mission control centers” found throughout the large stretches of DNA flanking the genes. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 19, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Johns Hopkins Medicine Building Bridges to Healthier India - 11/17/14
The Center for Clinical Global Health Education (CCGHE) at Johns Hopkins Medicine, with significant financial support from the Ujala Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation, has named eight new scholars to improve health care in India, with a particular focus on fighting tuberculosis. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 17, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Blood Vessel Receptor That Responds To Light May Be New Target For Vascular Disease Treatments - 11/17/14
A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine has discovered a receptor on blood vessels that causes the vessel to relax in response to light, making it potentially useful in treating vascular diseases. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 17, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Three Johns Hopkins Medicine Hospitals Named Top Performers in Quality Improvement from the Joint Commission - 11/14/14
Three Johns Hopkins Medicine hospitals are recipients of The Joint Commission’s 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures award. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 14, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Patients Say Experience Trumps Convenience When Choosing a Cancer Surgeon - 11/14/14
When choosing a cancer surgeon, patients are more likely to prefer surgeons with specialized training and lots of experience far more than those who practice in a convenient location or were recommended by a friend, according to results of a new survey reported in the November issue of the Annals of Surgical Oncology (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 14, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Sickle Cell 'Trait' Linked to Chronic Kidney Disease - 11/13/14
Sickle cell trait (SCT), an inherited condition marked by having a single copy of the sickle cell gene but not the two copies needed to cause sickle cell disease (SCD), may raise the risk of chronic kidney disease, according to results of a large study led by researchers from Johns Hopkins, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington School of Public Health. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 13, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Johns Hopkins Medicine Warns Consumers and Small Businesses about Certain UnitedHealthcare Products on the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - 11/13/14
A few days before open enrollment begins on the Maryland Health Connection website, one of the state’s premiere health care providers, Johns Hopkins Medicine, is voicing concern that its providers will not be available to individuals who select certain UnitedHealthcare products offered on the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and other state exchanges. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 13, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
How Adult Fly Testes Keep From Changing Into Ovaries - 11/13/14
New research in flies shows how cells in adult reproductive organs maintain their sexual identity. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 13, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
